Made for the moment
The crowd moves. Plans change. Find a trusted person and get back to enjoying the day together.
See how you reconnectNearby Bluetooth and the Wear OS watch app are free for everyone. The GPS bridge, Wi-Fi distance and compatible UWB precision are Plus features for the finder. The person being found never needs Plus.
From farther apart to nearby
You never pick a technology. The app uses the best thing available at that distance and hands over between them on its own. Only the finder’s plan matters; the person being found can be on Standard.
Farther apart · GPS
Plus · finder only
When both phones are online, a Plus finder sees a permitted spot with its age and accuracy, then follows a map or an arrow toward it. The person being found can be on the free Standard plan.
How shared spots workGetting closer · Bluetooth
Standard · free for everyone
Bluetooth is the base connection and is included in the free Standard plan for both phones. The moment the two phones hear each other, the remaining location requests stop and nearby guidance takes over.
Nearby finding works offline after setup.
Final stretch · Compatible UWB
Plus · compatible phones
A Plus finder with a supported phone adds precise nearby ranging, accurate to about a step. Both phones need the hardware. Direction appears only when the phone supplies a real direction measurement.
Check phone compatibilityBluetooth distance is an estimate, not a precise direction. Wi-Fi distance can give a measured distance when Bluetooth is disconnected on supported Android 13+ phones. Walls, crowds, hardware and phone settings can affect every connection.
In short: Standard is free and includes one trusted connection with Bluetooth finding, and the Wear OS watch app is free too. Plus adds GPS finding, Wi-Fi distance and compatible UWB precision on phones that support them, more trusted people, Group Find, offline maps, and saved messages. Compare Standard and Plus.
The part you actually look at
An empty dial tells you nothing and feels broken. Partner Finder always gives you a direction, and always tells you how much to trust it.
From the moment the phones connect you get an arrow, with a band around it showing how sure it is. Wide band, rough idea. Narrow band, confident.
Walk a few steps, or turn slowly once with the phone in front of you, and the arrow corrects itself and the band tightens. It turns with you like a compass.
“Roughly ahead” means roughly. Warmer and colder as you move. Exact feet when the hardware can measure them. Never false confidence.
A snapshot, only during a Find
Plus · finder only
Allow GPS access for one trusted person when setting up the connection. There is no repeated approval while that permission stays active.
Both phones need internet. Only the finder needs Plus; the trusted responder can use the free app. A shared point can be out of date if the person moves.
Up to six location updates
in a 15-minute Find
Minutes between scheduled updates
after the first immediate request
One straight away, then about every 2.5 minutes. An update that doesn’t get through still counts. Once the phones connect nearby, the rest are cancelled.
Ready for a full day out
Plus
Group Find works with one to three people you explicitly select. Each keeps a separate consent decision, session, status and Stop control — choosing a group never requests everyone automatically.
Standard and Plus
Once your phones are connected nearby, send a short message during a Find, for when a crowd makes calling hopeless. It stays between the two phones and the people you chose. With Plus, the Messages screen keeps the conversation.
Free watch app
The Wear OS watch app is a separate, free download. On a watch paired to your phone, the arrow and distance appear on your wrist during a Find.
Plus
Offline map downloads let you save an area before you go. They save the map background—not a connection to the other phone.
Standard and Plus
Review recent Find requests and outcomes in your account, so you always know who asked and how each one ended.
Standard: one person · Plus: more
Pair with people you choose. Standard includes one trusted connection; Plus adds more. Remove trust to end future access, even before the other phone receives that update. Previously saved locations cannot be erased from someone else’s phone.
Family Access
Partner Finder is available from age 13. Ages 13–17 set up with a parent or legal guardian, and the guardian keeps meaningful control of who the teen shares with.
A guardian accepts the terms for the account and completes setup with the teen. The app asks for an age range, never a birth date.
Anyone a teen shares location with needs the guardian’s approval first. A family link by itself never grants location — the teen still chooses each time.
A guardian can sponsor Plus from their own account and can end Family Access at any time. Teen accounts cannot buy Plus directly.
Ending Family Access and cancelling a Google Play subscription are separate actions. Read the Family Access questions.
Stay connected. Stay in control.
Location sharing is visible, limited and yours to turn off. Partner Finder is not an emergency service or a guarantee of finding someone.